Place de la Reine Astrid

 
While researching my Door of the Month this month by Lalique I discovered the pretty square Place de la Reine Astrid. I love the statue with the women strongly holding hands, as if maybe making a pact, while the naked children underneath look at their mother for guidance. Also notice the white kale plants in front of them. I researched the internet thoroughly to find out any information about this square but couldn't find anything.The only thing I read that was related was that the Cour Albert where it is located was formally called the Cours la Reine before 1918. If anybody knows more information about Place de La Reine Astrid, please put it in the comments section. I did read that Queen Astrid was a famous Swedish queen who tragically died in a car accident at the age of 29 in 1935.

Place de la Reine Astrid
Cour Albert
Metro: Alma Marceau

New Tour Announcement

I am happy to announce a very special one-time tour opportunity. My friend and loyal blog fan Mary Gilbert and her close friend Phil Nuxhall both from Cincinnati, are coming to Paris the beginning of April. Phil is the Historian and Tour Coordinator for the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati where Mary is a docent. They are both longtime cemetery enthusiasts.

We are co-leading a tour of the lovely Russian Cemetery in Sainte Genevieve Des Bois just outside of Paris where Rudolf Nureyev is buried in a mosaic-encrusted sarcophagus along with other famous Russian expats and after we will visit the striking modern Evry Cathedral, the only 20th century church in France, built in 1992, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta.

We would love for you to join us for this fascinating and unusual tour and we are accepting reservations for 10 people. Below are the particulars. If you would like to register for the tour please email me at [email protected] and I will email you further instructions.

Tour: Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois and Evry Cathedral
Date & time: Friday, April 3, 1PM to approx. 5:30PM which
includes travel time
Cost: 40 euros a person not including train fare- approx. 10 euros
Meeting place: St. Michel metro

I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.

I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com

Comments

[YSLGuy]

What a gorgeous statue and little square.

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[Isabel]

Queen Astrid was swedish, but immensely more famous for being the Queen of the Belgians, King Leopold III's wife, very admired and loved by her people!
Her tragic death has still increased the myth...

[Elfie]

love it. I can't wait to come back to Paris to see a whole new Paris.........

[jean]

This is France and Belgium making it up after a war in the early 19th century, promising never to fight one another again.

It’s actually written on the bottom of the monument if you push aside the foliage.

[Mike Drips]

So what exactly does it say on the monument? I could make out Belgium (in French) and 1914-1918. Seems world war one related.

[rIchard]

hi mike,
I haven't been back to the monument since I photographed it , so I can't answer your question. Next time I see it, I will let you know.
Richard